xxi, 259 pages ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-259)

The outbreak of the French revolution / George E. Rude -- The social and economic character of the French revolution: its relevance in the modern world / Albert Soboul -- The French revolution-a bourgeois revolution / Claude Mazauric -- The catechism of the French revolution / Francois Furet -- The social interpretation of the French revolution / Alfred Cobban -- An orthodox critique of Cobban's social interpretation / Jacuqes Godechot -- A Marxist critique of Cobban's social interpretation / Claude Mazauric -- A reply to the orthodox critique / Alfred Cobban -- Capitalism and the origins of the French revolution / George V. Taylor -- "Straight history" and "history in depth": the experience of writers on eighteenth-century France / Betty Behrens -- Who intervened in 1788? / Elizabeth L Eisenstein -- Who intervened in 1788?-some facts / Jean Egret -- Class in the French revolution: a discussion / Jaffry Kaplow, Gilbert Shapiro, Elizabeth L. Eisenstein

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